The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 2069
First Quarter
50.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.0%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1815
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.05° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.11° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.