The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 1916
Waning Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
4:36 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -78
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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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 | 318.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.9° / 237.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.01° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.54° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.