The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 2021
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
10:50 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.82° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.62° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.