The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 1975
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
8:23 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 652
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 | 192.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 320.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 7.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.81° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.13° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.