The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 2182
Waning Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
4:00 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3212
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 253.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.89° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.82° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.