The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 2082
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
6:58 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1975
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 162.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 2.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.62° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.01° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.