The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 2047
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
8:17 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1543
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 133.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -14.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.94° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.45° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.