The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 1921
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
10:26 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -16
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 | 218.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 300.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 15m / 11.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.43° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.39° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.74° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.