The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 1902
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
12:36 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -251
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
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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 | 257.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.76° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.98° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.