The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 2070
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
10:55 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1827
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 298.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.49° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.26° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.