The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 1995
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
6:46 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 899
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 | 347.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.7° / 167.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 1.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.32° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.95° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.