The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 1936
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
11:17 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 170
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 105.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.27° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.50° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.