The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 2051
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
8:41 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1592
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 315.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 6.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.12° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.12° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.