The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2181
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
6:52 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3200
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.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 336.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / 0.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.72° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.47° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.