The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
4:03 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 108
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 | 145.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 22.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.27° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.88° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.