The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2081
Waning Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
11:48 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1963
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 | 229.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 301.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 22.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.15° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.50° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.