The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2055
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
8:53 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1642
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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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 | 22.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 126.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -4.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.06° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.89° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.