The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 1995
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
6:14 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 899
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 | 335.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 186.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.27° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.72° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.