The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2152
Waning Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2841
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 | 278.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 40m / 27.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.81° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.17° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.98° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.