The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 1981
Waning Crescent
30.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
4:28 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.1%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 726
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 | 293.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 20.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.16° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.38° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.