The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 1946
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
6:00 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 293
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.6° / 230.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.98° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.65° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.