The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
1:17 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 442
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 | 108.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.04° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.55° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.07° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.