The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2011
Waning Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
4:20 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1097
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.0° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.41° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.94° / 4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.40° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.