The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2038
Last Quarter
50.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1431
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 22.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.57° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.36° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.