The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 1925
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
9:46 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 34
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -9.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.73° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.17° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.