The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 2149
Waning Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
11:47 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2804
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 291.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.69° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.75° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.