The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 1954
Waning Crescent
11.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
5:39 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.1%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 392
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.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.5° / 211.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 11.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.46° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.43° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.