The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 2174
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
6:30 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3113
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 | 333.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.4° / 186.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.38° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.92° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.