The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 1921
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
12:27 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -16
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 16.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.27° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.10° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.