The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 1976
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
6:01 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 664
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 194.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.25° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.91° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.