The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
9:22 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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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 | 49.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 121.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -22.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.46° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.60° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.