The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 2172
Waxing Crescent
33.5% 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
1:41 PM
10:41 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3089
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -26.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.83° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.13° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.