The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 2043
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
10:18 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1493
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 15.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.37° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.72° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.