The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 1984
Waning Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
6:32 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 763
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 | 325.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.1° / 203.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 18.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.83° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.49° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.