The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 2196
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
6:50 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3385
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 162.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / -0.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.85° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.44° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.