The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 1908
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
5:03 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -177
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.5° / 244.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.43° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.76° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.