The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2164
Waxing Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
11:37 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2990
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 | 73.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 101.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -17.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.50° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.68° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.