The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 1984
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
7:05 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 763
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.9° / 172.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.85° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.71° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.