The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2022
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
6:23 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1233
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 | 322.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.1° / 210.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.84° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.86° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.