The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2014
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
6:36 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1134
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 | 342.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 173.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 4.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.96° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.55° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.