The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 2110
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
2:14 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2322
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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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.97° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.85° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.