The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2133
Waning Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2606
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 | 278.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 26.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.48° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.16° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.