The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2114
Last Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2371
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 47m / 25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.07° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.16° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.