The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2055
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
8:17 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1642
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 136.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / 1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.81° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.12° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.