The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 1930
Waning Crescent
1.1% 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
6:02 AM
7:23 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 95
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 158.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.45° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.99° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.