The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2043
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
11:36 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1493
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 | 228.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.93° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.90° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.