The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2100
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
10:25 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2198
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 | 215.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 308.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.05° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.92° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.