The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2188
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
8:49 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3287
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.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -5.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.60° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.66° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.