The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 1918
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
9:55 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -53
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 | 210.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 310.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.10° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.09° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.