The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
5:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3200
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 353.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -3.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.83° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.64° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.