The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
6:06 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 244
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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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 | 168.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 341.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.13° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.49° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.