The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2068
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
5:23 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1802
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 | 318.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 215.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 10.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.15° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.82° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.