The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 2126
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
11:00 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2520
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 106.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.84° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.52° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.