The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 2138
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
10:33 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2668
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 307.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 17.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.39° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.34° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.