The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1951
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -28.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.55° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.06° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.