The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 7, 1922
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
8:13 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -4
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 311.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.78° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.78° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.