The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 2073
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1864
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 | 260.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.43° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.29° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.