The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2000
Waning Crescent
32.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
4:22 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.1%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 961
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 | 291.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 258.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 31m / 21.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.07° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.18° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.