The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2101
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
6:59 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2210
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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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 | 351.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.7° / 160.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 0.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.28° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.83° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.