The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2199
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
8:38 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3423
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 | 27.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 129.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -11.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.65° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.42° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.