The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
2:12 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1617
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 | 120.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.35° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.05° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.