The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2136
Waning Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
6:02 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2643
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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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Venus gathered
All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.7° / 220.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.74° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.28° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.