The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 1900
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
6:05 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 175.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / -3.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.85° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.88° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 35.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.