The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 2006
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
7:51 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1036
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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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 140.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.22° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.54° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.