The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 2104
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
8:17 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2248
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 133.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.25° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.24° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.