The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 1962
Waning Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
5:01 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 491
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 | 303.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.1° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.54° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.77° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.