The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2192
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
8:30 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3336
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 Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 318.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 7.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.34° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.93° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.