The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2179
Waning Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
1:31 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3175
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 | 252.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 285.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 45m / 21.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.56° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / 0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.95° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.