The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 1927
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
6:55 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 58
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 | 334.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.9° / 180.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 14.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.57° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.28° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.