The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
3:45 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1518
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 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 | 140.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 33.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.65° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.45° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.