The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2063
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 AM
7:29 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1741
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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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 | 3.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 147.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -3.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.61° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.56° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 328.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.