The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 1959
Waning Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
1:22 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 454
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 | 254.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.20° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.68° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.