The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2077
Waxing Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
9:43 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1914
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 116.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.43° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.16° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.