The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 20, 1909
Waxing Crescent
30.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
9:43 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.1%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -164
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 | 66.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 117.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.44° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.57° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.