The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2124
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% 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
6:42 PM
6:15 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2495
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 | 167.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 347.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -0.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.65° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.66° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.