The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 2168
Waning Gibbous
80.3% 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
10:16 PM
11:38 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3039
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 | 232.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 292.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.07° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.56° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.