The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 20, 2021
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
6:41 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
-
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 326.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -6.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.97° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.06° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 197.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.