The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 2150
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
8:17 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2817
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 136.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / 1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.50° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.51° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.