The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1928
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
11:07 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 71
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -22.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.60° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.28° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.