The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2118
First Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2421
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 98.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -28.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.41° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.68° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.