The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 1959
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
12:30 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 454
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 286.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 05m / 16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.34° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.49° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.