The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
3:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1233
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.5° / 35.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -23.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.54° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.00° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.