The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 1944
Waxing Crescent
22.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
10:28 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.7%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -15.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.25° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.15° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.