The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2187
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
10:47 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3274
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 296.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 11.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.69° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.17° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.