The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
6:38 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1085
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 | 172.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 342.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / 1.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.64° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.07° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.