The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2156
First Quarter
50.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.1%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2891
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 Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.14° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.05° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.