The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 1935
Waning Crescent
14.2% 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
3:26 AM
5:28 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 157
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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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 | 315.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.6° / 221.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 14.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.53° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.62° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.