The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 1915
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
6:33 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -90
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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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 | 183.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 348.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / 4.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.28° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.20° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 23.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.