The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
12:13 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -127
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 | 116.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -26.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.64° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.51° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.