The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 1923
Waxing Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
11:13 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 9
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.55° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.80° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.