The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 1913
Last Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 79°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
2:28 PM
79°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- -115
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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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 | 272.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 288.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 28.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.35° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.97° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.43° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.