The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 1911
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
7:10 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -139
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 | 13.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 153.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -3.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.12° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.86° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.