The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 1965
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
7:08 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 528
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.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.7° / 170.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.20° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.90° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.