The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2183
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
10:56 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3225
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 | 63.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 106.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.03° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.08° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.