The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
6:27 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 751
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 | 173.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 329.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / -8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.29° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.44° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 210.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.