The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
1:41 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1951
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 73.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -24.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.37° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.68° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.