The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 1922
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
7:18 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -4
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 157.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.41° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.44° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.