The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
3:13 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3163
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 | 132.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 46.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -13.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.58° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.42° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.