The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
3:19 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 343
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 39.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.32° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.27° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.