The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2108
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
9:26 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2297
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 | 206.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 307.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 8.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.14° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.51° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.