The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 2135
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
6:29 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2631
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 333.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -5.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.11° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.64° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.