The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 2099
First Quarter
52.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2186
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -28.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.14° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.42° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.47° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.