The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 1971
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
8:31 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 603
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 129.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.20° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.22° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.