The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 2008
Waning Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
2:40 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1060
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 | 262.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 284.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.84° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.34° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.