The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 1933
Waxing Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
9:22 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 133
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.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 121.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -22.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.62° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.40° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.