The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 1930
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
8:14 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 96
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 | 16.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 135.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -5.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.14° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.55° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.