The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
3:41 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 714
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.7° / 33.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -14.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.49° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.22° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.