The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 1936
First Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 170
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.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 98.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -23.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.48° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.30° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.