The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 2126
First Quarter
50.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.2%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2520
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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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.49° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.94° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.11° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.