The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 1952
Waxing Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
9:20 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 368
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 121.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -22.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.98° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.59° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.