The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 2107
First Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2285
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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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -18.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.75° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.38° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.90° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| 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.