The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2093
Waxing Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
8:51 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2112
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 | 22.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 126.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.20° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.27° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.