The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
4:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2829
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 | 155.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 359.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.68° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.45° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.