The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 1983
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
8:27 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 751
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 | 195.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 311.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 2.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.82° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.90° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.