The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2109
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
6:23 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2309
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 | 332.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.0° / 189.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.10° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.14° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.