The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 PM
1:49 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 207
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 70.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.81° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.66° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.