The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 1947
First Quarter
54.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.2%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 306
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -26.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.50° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.28° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.