The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2066
Waxing Crescent
11.2% 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
10:46 AM
8:53 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1778
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 | 38.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 126.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.84° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.42° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.