The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2103
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
1:36 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2235
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 | 251.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 288.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 24.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.93° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.23° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.73° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| 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.