The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 1997
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
12:44 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 924
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 | 246.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 16.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.37° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.91° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.