The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2090
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
6:57 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2074
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 | 345.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.1° / 167.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 5.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.33° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.56° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.