The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2040
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
9:19 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1456
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 | 205.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 7.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.56° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.07° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.