The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2062
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
11:30 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1728
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 | 227.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.99° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.71° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.