The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 1926
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
6:45 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 46
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 325.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -6.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.33° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.66° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 187.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.