The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 1911
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
5:59 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -140
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 | 335.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.4° / 210.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.29° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.45° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.