The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 1964
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
8:05 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 516
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 | 191.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 313.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / 0.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.57° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.11° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.