The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 2081
Waning Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
12:53 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1963
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 | 241.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 296.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 25.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.63° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.68° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| 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.