The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2088
Waxing Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
11:45 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2050
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 | 77.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 100.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.76° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.71° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.