The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2169
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
8:51 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3052
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 | 23.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 126.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.96° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.47° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.