The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 2070
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
8:40 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1827
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 | 197.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 314.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 6.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.25° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.92° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| 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.