The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 2147
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
6:01 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2779
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 207.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.94° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / 1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.33° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.