The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2160
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
2:13 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2940
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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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 22.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.67° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.35° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.