The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2058
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
10:08 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1679
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 | 55.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.40° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.77° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.