The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
3:52 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 244
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 | 142.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 29.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.34° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.83° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.