The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 1963
Waxing Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
10:49 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 504
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 | 64.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 107.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.02° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.34° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.