The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 2169
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
8:21 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3052
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 | 10.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 134.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / 0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.20° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.70° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.