The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2198
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
1:17 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3410
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.45° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.54° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.