The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 2166
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
7:27 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3014
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 154.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 5.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.54° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.60° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.