The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2096
Waxing Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
10:03 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2149
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.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 114.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -19.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.10° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.36° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.