The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2184
Waning Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
9:54 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3237
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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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 | 212.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 301.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 8.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.18° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.53° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.