The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 1903
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
7:30 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -238
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.4° / 147.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -6.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.71° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.40° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.