The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2032
Waning Gibbous
85.6% 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
9:40 PM
11:03 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1357
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 | 224.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.87° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.67° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.