The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
4:59 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1889
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 | 156.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 357.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.55° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.46° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.