The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2153
Waxing Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
10:07 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2854
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 | 59.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -22.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.77° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.16° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| 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.