The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2033
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
7:00 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1369
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 | 350.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 161.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 2.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.14° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.36° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.