The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2168
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
12:47 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3039
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 | 245.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.85° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.74° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.