The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2095
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
4:48 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2136
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 | 293.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 259.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 46m / 24.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.94° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.76° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.