The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 2114
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
4:54 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2371
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 | 294.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.7° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 24.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.00° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.56° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.