The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
2:43 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1518
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.87° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.63° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.