The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 1918
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
11:10 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -53
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 | 224.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.99° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.26° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.