The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2070
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
9:47 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1827
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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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 | 210.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 306.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 10.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.30° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.09° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.