The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 2058
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
9:35 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1679
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 | 43.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 118.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.37° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.98° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.