The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2065
Last Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1765
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.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 25.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.23° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.72° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.