The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 1929
Waning Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
10:00 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 83
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 304.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.26° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.31° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.