The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2036
Waxing Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
9:26 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1407
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 | 34.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 120.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -8.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.09° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.20° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.46° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.