The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 2137
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% 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
4:19 PM
12:13 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2656
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 90.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -26.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.14° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.66° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| 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.