The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2144
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
4:19 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2742
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.
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.7° / 246.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 15.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.77° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.47° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.61° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.