The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 1921
Waxing Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
10:49 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -16
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 1.3° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 107.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.96° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.29° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.88° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| 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.