The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 2135
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
8:29 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2631
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 | 194.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 316.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 5.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.97° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.71° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.