The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 1938
Waning Crescent
6.6% 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
4:45 AM
6:01 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 194
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 | 330.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 193.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.78° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.31° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.