The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 2173
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
9:39 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3101
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 | 207.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 311.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.47° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.30° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.