The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2034
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
1:30 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1382
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 | 111.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.09° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.85° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.