The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
5:27 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -90
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 4.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -1.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.24° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.36° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.