The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2182
Waning Crescent
23.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
4:38 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.1%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3212
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 | 302.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 240.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.79° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.03° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.