The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
2:26 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -226
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.4° / 60.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -13.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.53° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.91° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| 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.