The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2079
Waning Crescent
7.6% 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
4:15 AM
6:35 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1938
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.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.0° / 195.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.25° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.08° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.