The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2031
Waxing Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
11:19 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1345
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -20.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.48° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.92° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.