The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 1943
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
2:57 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 256
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.93° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.56° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.