The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 1908
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
4:27 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -177
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 | 306.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 21.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.60° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.54° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.