The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 1960
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
9:16 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 467
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 122.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -9.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.79° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.25° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.