The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 1997
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 924
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 | 259.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.82° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.10° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.