The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 1905
Waning Crescent
32.2% 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
12:22 AM
3:03 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -214
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 | 291.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.01° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.65° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.07° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.