The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2077
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
10:14 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1914
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 | 59.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -19.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.48° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.95° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.