The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 2111
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
1:34 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2334
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 280.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 01m / 18.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.96° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.51° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.