The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 2064
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
3:24 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1753
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 40.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.34° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.85° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.