The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 1986
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
10:48 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 788
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 | 220.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 302.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.11° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.49° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.