The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 1914
Waxing Crescent
1.0% 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
7:08 AM
6:49 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -102
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 158.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -5.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.19° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.38° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.