The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 2159
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
3:23 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2928
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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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 42.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.33° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / -3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.02° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.