The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 2077
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
10:52 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1914
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 | 70.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 108.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -23.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.72° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.74° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.