The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 2175
Waxing Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
10:38 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3126
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 | 71.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 111.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -26.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.22° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.64° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.