The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 1910
Waning Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
11:35 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -152
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 | 241.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 302.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 56m / 21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.32° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.36° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.