The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% 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
5:17 PM
2:28 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1988
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 | 127.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.5° / 58.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.03° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.23° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.