The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% 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
3:54 PM
1:21 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1617
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 76.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.47° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.23° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| 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.