The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2049
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 AM
5:01 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1567
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 | 310.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 229.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 13.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.54° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.00° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.