The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2134
Waxing Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
9:32 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2619
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 119.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.96° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.50° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.17° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.