The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 1953
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
7:53 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 380
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
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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 | 187.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 327.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / 7.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.35° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.89° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 34.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.