The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
2:04 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 912
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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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 | 119.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.00° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.26° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| 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.