The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
2:19 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2087
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 | 122.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 62.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.79° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.66° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.