The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2046
Waning Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
2:32 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1530
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 | 261.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 26.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.82° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.74° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.93° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.