The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 1951
Last Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 355
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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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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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 28.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.16° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.32° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.