The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 1900
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
5:13 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 208.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 4.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.05° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.43° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.