The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 2115
Waxing Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
10:29 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2384
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 | 65.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 111.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -22.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.56° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.55° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.