The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 2076
Waning Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
4:21 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1901
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 24.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.64° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.95° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.