The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2158
New Moon
0.2% 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
7:23 AM
7:11 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2916
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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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 | 0.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 152.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.38° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.05° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 10.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.