The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2129
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
12:59 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2557
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 | 106.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 80.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.60° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.23° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.