The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 1937
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
11:00 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 182
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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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 302.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.74° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.06° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| 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.