The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2004
First Quarter
50.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.2%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1011
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 100.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -27.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.06° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.09° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.