The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -164
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.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -25.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.24° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.98° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.