The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
1:53 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 108
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 | 123.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -24.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.88° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.24° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.