The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 1947
Waxing Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
11:41 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 306
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 | 83.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 102.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -25.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.53° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.48° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.