The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 1919
Waning Crescent
6.9% 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
4:43 AM
5:58 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -41
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.2° / 195.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 7.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.68° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.50° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.