The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
3:21 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -226
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 | 147.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 44.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -11.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.40° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.74° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.