The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
4:25 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.1° / 7.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.56° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.40° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.