The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
2:53 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1283
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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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 | 131.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 51.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.56° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.23° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.