The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2128
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
6:06 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2544
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 201.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 12.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.15° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.74° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.