The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
3:15 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.0° / 40.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -21.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.04° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.57° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.