The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 2130
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2569
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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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 25m / 20.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.89° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.31° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.31° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.