The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 19, 1920
Waxing Crescent
45.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -28
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.53° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.85° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.