The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 1918
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
8:38 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -53
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 319.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 9.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.93° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.92° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.