The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
5:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -226
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 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 | 168.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 7.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -4.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.00° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / 0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.39° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.