The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 1956
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
9:53 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 417
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 | 209.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 309.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 13.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.45° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.69° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.