The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2112
Waxing Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
8:36 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2347
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° 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 | 16.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 130.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -1.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.52° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.68° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.