The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
2:38 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2693
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 | 127.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.45° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.81° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.