The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2159
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
1:23 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2928
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 76.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -20.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.33° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.39° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.