The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 2167
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
1:32 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3027
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 74.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -20.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.80° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.61° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.