The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 1944
Waxing Crescent
31.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
11:06 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 269
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.
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.70° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.94° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.