The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 1955
Waxing Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
11:11 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 405
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 | 73.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 106.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -23.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.78° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.91° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.