The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 2009
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
8:44 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1073
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 | 37.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 127.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.26° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.82° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.