The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1900
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
4:46 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 225.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 9.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.04° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.20° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.