The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 2087
Waning Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
4:26 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2037
Events on this date
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Jupiter 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 | 298.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 245.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 56m / 15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.88° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.19° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.