The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2097
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
8:21 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2161
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.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 315.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 4.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.31° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.30° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.