The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 1949
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
8:10 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 331
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.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 135.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.60° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.75° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.