The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 2180
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
8:36 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3188
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 130.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.16° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.24° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.