The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 2110
First Quarter
55.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
12:15 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2322
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 88.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.74° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.22° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.