The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 1973
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
5:40 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 627
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 | 322.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.8° / 208.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 10.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.99° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.24° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.