The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 1960
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
8:05 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 467
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 | 8.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 139.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -1.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.08° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.71° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.