The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 2143
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
6:54 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2730
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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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 337.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / 1.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.50° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.