The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2156
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
11:06 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2891
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 108.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -27.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.86° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.25° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.