The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 1992
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
4:58 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 862
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 | 307.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 235.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.07° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.82° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.