The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2013
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
10:39 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1122
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 | 219.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 302.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.38° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.86° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.