The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 1937
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
8:37 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 182
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 | 195.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 319.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 9.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.92° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.73° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.