The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
1:12 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -263
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.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 76.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -15.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.68° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.37° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.