The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 2067
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
5:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1790
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 357.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -3.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.56° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.05° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.