The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 PM
3:19 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -127
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 | 149.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.1° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -15.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.30° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.97° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.