The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2200
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
5:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3435
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
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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 | 162.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 353.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -3.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.01° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.82° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.