The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 1990
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
9:29 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 838
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.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 120.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -23.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.12° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.19° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.