The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
1:57 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -28
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 67.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.22° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.27° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.