The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
4:30 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 343
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° 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 | 150.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 11.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.46° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.10° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.