The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2008
Last Quarter
44.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1060
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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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 | 275.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.00° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.54° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.