The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2191
Waxing Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
9:16 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3324
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 | 45.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 121.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.97° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.74° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.