The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 26, 2021
Waning Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
12:52 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 291.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 23m / 21.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.57° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.98° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.