The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1716
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 | 99.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.46° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.68° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.