The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2016
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1159
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 | 260.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 20m / 17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.35° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.90° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.