The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 1941
Waxing Crescent
3.1% 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
8:52 AM
8:37 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 232
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 130.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -5.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.32° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.30° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.