The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 1922
Waxing Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
9:19 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -3
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 | 34.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 121.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -10.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.66° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.88° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.