The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
1:04 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -28
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 79.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.27° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.04° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.46° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.