The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2128
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
6:40 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2544
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.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.3° / 179.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 8.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.64° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.97° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.