The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 1951
Waning Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
1:55 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 355
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 | 253.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.27° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.93° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.