The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 1917
Waxing Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
10:51 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -65
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 | 83.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -24.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.54° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.60° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.