The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2150
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
8:44 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2817
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 | 20.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 128.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -3.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.88° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.28° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.