The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
2:06 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -24.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.35° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.75° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.