The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2094
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
4:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2124
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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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 | 155.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.7° / 358.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.12° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.66° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.