The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1906
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
8:13 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -201
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 136.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -5.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.85° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.69° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.