The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 2168
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
1:55 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3039
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 | 258.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.75° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.93° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.