The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
4:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 9
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 8.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -10.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.54° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.46° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.