The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 1902
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
10:27 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -251
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 | 230.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 305.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 15.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.42° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.61° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.