The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 1916
Waning Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
3:40 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -78
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 265.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 21.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.24° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.10° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.