The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2185
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
7:13 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3249
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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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.3° / 162.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.35° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.20° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.