The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2030
Waning Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
4:37 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1332
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 | 301.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 243.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 10m / 16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.20° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.19° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.