The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
1:22 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2186
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 | 116.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 77.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.50° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.21° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.08° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.