The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2180
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
9:20 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3188
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 | 41.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.78° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.01° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.