The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2108
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 PM
8:31 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2297
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 314.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 4.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.34° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.33° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.