The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2161
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
9:21 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2953
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 Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 121.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.60° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.81° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.