The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 2086
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
8:03 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2025
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 325.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 7.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.93° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.08° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 42.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.