The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 1986
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
11:52 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 788
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 | 231.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 20.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.34° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.33° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.67° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.