The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
12:30 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 306
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 | 105.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -26.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.36° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.09° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.