The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Last Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
2:48 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 25.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.20° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.36° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.