The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2074
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
8:50 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1877
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 | 21.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 127.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.65° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.08° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.