The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 1914
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
7:17 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -102
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 147.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -12.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.20° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.15° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.