The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 2011
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
4:57 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1097
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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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 | 307.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 234.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 14.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.07° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.28° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.62° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.