The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 2097
Waning Gibbous
94.8% 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
8:38 PM
9:29 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2161
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 309.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 10.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.83° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.47° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| 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.