The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
5:50 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 9
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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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 | 164.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 347.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -6.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.98° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.29° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.