The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -263
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 96.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -19.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.25° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.74° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| 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.