The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 1955
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
10:24 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 405
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 | 63.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 112.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -22.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.90° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.12° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.