The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 1902
Waning Gibbous
89.7% 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
8:19 PM
9:20 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -251
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 | 217.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 314.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 12.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.36° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / 1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.44° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.