The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
12:26 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2421
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.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 88.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -26.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.22° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.48° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.