The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
2:07 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 343
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 | 125.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.4° / 65.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -23.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.95° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.45° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.