The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 1906
Waxing Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
10:16 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -201
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 | 69.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 113.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.25° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.04° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.