The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 1967
Waning Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
10:00 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 553
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 305.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 11.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.32° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.71° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.