The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 1987
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
7:43 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 801
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.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 143.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.28° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / 0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.35° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.