The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 1933
Waxing Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
8:44 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 133
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 127.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.45° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.62° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.