The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 1906
Waxing Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
8:50 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -201
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 127.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.34° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.47° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.