The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 1906
Waxing Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
9:30 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -201
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 119.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.84° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.25° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.