The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
5:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 145
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 357.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -6.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.24° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.24° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.