The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 1979
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
8:52 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 702
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 | 24.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 126.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -6.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.97° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.67° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.