The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
1:14 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -127
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -23.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.51° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.33° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.