The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2044
Waxing Crescent
1.8% 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
8:37 AM
7:53 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1506
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 | 15.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 139.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -8.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.56° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.13° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.