The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2166
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
6:57 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3014
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 | 341.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.1° / 170.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.46° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.37° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.