The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 1982
Waxing Crescent
36.0% 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
1:30 PM
11:19 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 739
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 | 73.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 103.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -20.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.88° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.54° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.