The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 1949
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
7:44 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 331
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 145.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 0.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.46° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.98° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.