The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 2074
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
9:26 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1877
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 120.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.27° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.85° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.