The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 1982
Waxing Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
10:41 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 739
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -17.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.78° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.75° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.