The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 1921
Waning Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
1:25 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -16
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 | 254.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 55m / 18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.59° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.29° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.