The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 1905
Waning Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -214
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.09° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.49° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.86° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.