The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 2134
Waxing Crescent
34.6% 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
1:42 PM
10:50 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2619
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 109.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -25.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.37° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.44° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.74° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.