The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
4:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 479
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 | 154.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 4.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.99° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.86° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.