The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 1959
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
11:36 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 454
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 | 232.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 16m / 14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.45° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.31° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.