The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 2078
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
9:29 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1926
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 308.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.82° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / 2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.67° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.