The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 1971
Waxing Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
9:00 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 603
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 | 44.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 124.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.11° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.00° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.