The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 1954
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
4:37 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 392
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.59° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.00° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.