The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 15, 1920
Waxing Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
9:21 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -28
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 121.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -12.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.44° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.71° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.