The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 2157
Waning Gibbous
89.5% 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
8:47 PM
10:38 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2903
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 307.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.64° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.14° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.