The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 2090
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
6:16 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2074
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.6° / 192.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.28° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.34° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.