The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
2:54 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2829
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -21.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.84° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.80° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| 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.