The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2063
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
7:03 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1740
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.3° / 161.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.52° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.21° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.