The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 2181
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
7:58 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3200
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 323.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 5.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.32° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.69° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.