The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2113
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
3:42 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2359
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 | 142.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.8° / 29.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.28° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.03° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.