The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
3:39 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1988
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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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 | 139.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 34.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.58° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.05° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.