The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 1903
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 AM
6:53 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -238
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 | 7.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 161.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.52° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.63° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.