The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 2131
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 AM
8:54 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2582
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 | 24.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -5.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.85° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.86° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.