The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
2:14 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2458
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 | 123.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 62.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 23m / -18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.59° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.63° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.