The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2001
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
11:04 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 974
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 | 69.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.37° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.60° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.95° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| 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.