The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 1981
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
5:15 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 726
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.3° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.64° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.59° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.