The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 2019
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
4:19 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1196
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 | 289.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 22.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.88° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.97° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.