The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2046
Waning Gibbous
66.8% 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
10:42 PM
1:35 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1530
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 | 250.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 28m / 25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.28° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.73° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.