The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
3:15 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 442
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 | 132.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -12.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.65° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.70° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.