The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 1922
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
7:57 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -3
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. Not visible from Columbus.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 141.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.61° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.70° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.33° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.