The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2142
Waxing Crescent
5.7% 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
9:40 AM
8:29 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2718
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 131.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.93° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.84° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.