The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2145
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
11:47 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2755
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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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 100.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.62° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.51° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.