The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 2111
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
11:32 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2334
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 13.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.33° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.14° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.