The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
1:03 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2223
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 79.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -22.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.96° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.61° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.