The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
1:04 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2792
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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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 | 107.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 80.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -20.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.10° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.42° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.