The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 2022
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
6:50 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1233
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.1° / 183.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 14.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.20° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.08° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.