The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2142
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
9:08 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2718
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 | 40.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 123.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.70° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.62° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.