The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 2103
Last Quarter
45.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2235
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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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 and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 272.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 23.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.66° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.12° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.