The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
2:51 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 9
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 | 129.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.0° / 53.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -15.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.05° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.82° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.