The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
7:45 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 317.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / -1.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.81° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.