The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2071
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
6:55 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1839
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 | 345.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 166.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.58° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.76° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.