The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 2199
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
8:03 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3423
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 138.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -7.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.45° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.65° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.