The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2198
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
2:06 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3410
Events on this date
-
September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 22m / 21.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.25° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.46° / 2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.73° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.