The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2047
Waxing Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
8:57 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1543
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 | 40.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 125.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.82° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.22° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.