The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2054
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
12:32 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1629
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.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 285.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 12m / 15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.94° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.32° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| 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.