The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2126
Waxing Crescent
39.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
11:53 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.2%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2520
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 99.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.86° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.56° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.31° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.