The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 1916
Waning Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -78
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 | 286.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 59m / 23.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.45° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.89° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.