The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2082
New Moon
0.2% 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
7:34 AM
7:25 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1976
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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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 | 3.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 148.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.59° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.76° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 335.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.