The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 1943
Waning Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
4:30 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 256
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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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 | 296.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.6° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 19.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.79° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.97° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.