The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 1973
Waning Crescent
18.4% 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
2:50 AM
5:07 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 627
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 | 309.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.8° / 232.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.88° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.02° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.