The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 1948
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
10:20 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 318
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 | 216.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 303.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.71° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.12° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.