The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
2:44 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 207
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 | 126.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.77° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.48° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.