The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 1945
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
6:45 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 281
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 325.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -6.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.52° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 187.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.