The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2073
Waning Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
12:57 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1864
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 | 248.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 283.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.19° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.10° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.