The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2104
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
8:48 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2248
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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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 | 36.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.07° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.01° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.