The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 2071
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
6:17 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1839
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.0° / 190.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 8.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.00° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.53° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| 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.