The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2125
Waning Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
4:12 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2507
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 | 295.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 249.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.94° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.82° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.