The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 1911
Waning Crescent
1.1% 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
5:00 AM
6:24 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -140
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.3° / 185.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 8.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.17° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.68° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.