The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2171
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3076
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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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 | 272.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.3° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 27.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.29° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.57° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.