The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 2006
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 AM
7:13 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1035
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.1° / 157.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.64° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.00° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.