The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 2171
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
2:29 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3076
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 | 261.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.24° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.37° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.