The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
12:08 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1011
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.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.7° / 91.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -27.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.28° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.90° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.