The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
3:41 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 479
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 33.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.09° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.02° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.