The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2039
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
10:16 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1444
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
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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 | 56.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 112.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.06° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.57° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.