The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 2197
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
2:44 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3398
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.79° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.82° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| 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.