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Lunar Calendar Month September 2022 (Christmas Island)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island during September 2022.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phasesDatesTime
1st quarter2022-09-0401:08
full moon2022-09-1016:59
3rd quarter2022-09-1804:52
new moon2022-09-2604:54

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during September 2022.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2022-09-0801:18364,490 km
Apogee2022-09-1921:46404,555 km

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and Time
Antares2022-09-03 21:56
Saturn2022-09-08 17:31
Jupiter2022-09-11 22:11
Pleiades2022-09-16 01:50
Mars2022-09-17 08:41
Pollux2022-09-20 14:40

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of September 2022.

September 2022
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 35
29Monday
 
30Tuesday
 
31Wednesday
 
1Thursday
 
19% illuminated
Age:4.2
2Friday
 
28.1% illuminated
Age:5.3
3Saturday
 
38.5% illuminated
Age:6.3
4Sunday
 
49.6% illuminated
Age:7.3
Week 36
5Monday
 
60.9% illuminated
Age:8.4
6Tuesday
 
71.9% illuminated
Age:9.5
7Wednesday
 
81.7% illuminated
Age:10.6
8Thursday
 
90% illuminated
Age:11.7
9Friday
 
95.9% illuminated
Age:12.9
10Saturday
 
99.3% illuminated
Age:14
11Sunday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age:15.1
Week 37
12Monday
 
97.8% illuminated
Age:16.2
13Tuesday
 
93.4% illuminated
Age:17.2
14Wednesday
 
87.1% illuminated
Age:18.2
15Thursday
 
79.4% illuminated
Age:19.2
16Friday
 
70.7% illuminated
Age:20.1
17Saturday
 
61.4% illuminated
Age:21.1
18Sunday
 
51.9% illuminated
Age:22
Week 38
19Monday
 
42.4% illuminated
Age:22.9
20Tuesday
 
33.3% illuminated
Age:23.8
21Wednesday
 
24.7% illuminated
Age:24.6
22Thursday
 
16.9% illuminated
Age:25.5
23Friday
 
10.3% illuminated
Age:26.5
24Saturday
 
5.1% illuminated
Age:27.4
25Sunday
 
1.6% illuminated
Age:28.3
Week 39
26Monday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:29.3
27Tuesday
 
0.7% illuminated
Age:0.8
28Wednesday
 
3.6% illuminated
Age:1.8
29Thursday
 
8.8% illuminated
Age:2.8
30Friday
 
16% illuminated
Age:3.9
1Saturday
 
2Sunday
 
3Monday
 
4Tuesday
 
5Wednesday
 
6Thursday
 
7Friday
 
8Saturday
 
9Sunday
 
10Monday
 
11Tuesday
 
12Wednesday
 
13Thursday
 
14Friday
 
15Saturday
 
16Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z