The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2157
Waning Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
11:57 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2903
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 | 231.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 300.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 23.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.46° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.32° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.