The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
3:28 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2458
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 38.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -13.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.00° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.45° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.