The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 1908
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
6:02 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -177
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 | 338.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 203.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 12.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.12° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.20° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.