The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2050
Waxing Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
11:23 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1580
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 | 72.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 103.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.49° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.11° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.