The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2012
First Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1110
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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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -20.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.05° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.53° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.