The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
1:02 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 82.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -25.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.53° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.94° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.