The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 1932
Waning Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 120
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 | 277.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 28.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.57° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.71° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.