The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 2092
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
12:47 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2099
Events on this date
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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 | 246.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.52° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.72° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.