The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 2194
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
12:17 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3361
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -25.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.61° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.42° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.