The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2163
Waning Crescent
30.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
4:05 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.2%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2977
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 | 293.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 36m / 16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.03° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.21° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.