The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 1973
Waning Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
4:30 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 627
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 | 296.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.7° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.73° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.81° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.