The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2117
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
5:55 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2408
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 | 313.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.1° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.06° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.47° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.