The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
3:33 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2223
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -13.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.89° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.25° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.