The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 1982
Waxing Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
10:08 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 739
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 112.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -13.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.42° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.96° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.