The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 2106
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
5:01 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2272
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
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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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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.0° / 228.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.90° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.21° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.