The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2048
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
7:49 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1555
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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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 | 185.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 328.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / 6.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.10° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.48° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 26.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.