The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2041
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
6:42 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1468
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.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.0° / 190.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.69° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.68° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.