The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
5:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2260
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 | 162.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 355.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -2.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.87° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.45° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.