The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 1924
Waning Crescent
26.9% 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
1:55 AM
4:34 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 21
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 | 297.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.2° / 249.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.03° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.38° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.