The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 1952
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
8:16 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 368
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 133.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -14.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.42° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.03° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.