The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
6:43 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1555
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 | 173.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 340.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / 1.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.71° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.69° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.