The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
4:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 714
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.
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 4.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -11.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.00° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.06° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| 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.