The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2131
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
8:29 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2582
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 132.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -0.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.80° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.09° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.