The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 1971
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
8:05 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 603
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 135.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -12.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.35° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.45° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.