The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 2123
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
9:20 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2483
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 | 44.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 121.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.11° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.20° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.