The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 2176
Waning Gibbous
90.2% 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
8:42 PM
10:31 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3138
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 | 216.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 308.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.58° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.97° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.