The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 2021
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
9:49 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 304.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 9.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.72° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.45° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.