The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 2153
Waxing Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
10:53 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2854
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -26.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.05° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.94° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.