The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 1952
Waxing Crescent
11.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
8:45 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.1%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 368
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 127.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.09° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.81° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.