The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2165
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
9:56 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3002
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 Jupiter 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 | 213.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 301.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 8.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.19° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.72° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.