The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 1910
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
9:02 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -152
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,100 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 315.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.16° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.01° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.