The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
5:56 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1654
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 | 166.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.9° / 340.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -9.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.11° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.08° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 228.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.