The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2057
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
4:25 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1666
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 | 289.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.7° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 23.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.85° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.35° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.