The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
6:06 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 479
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 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 | 168.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 340.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -6.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.98° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.69° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.