The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2085
Waxing Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
9:00 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2013
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.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 124.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.18° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.62° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.