The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
4:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 578
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 | 151.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 10.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -12.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.58° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.29° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.