The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 1922
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
8:37 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -3
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 130.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -6.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.75° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.10° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.