The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 19, 2022
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
4:37 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1233
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 266.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 26.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.81° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.21° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.