The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
11:44 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1233
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 294.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 16.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.27° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.22° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.