The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 2084
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
4:11 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2000
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 260.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 31m / 21.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.01° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.72° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| 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.