The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 1930
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
6:55 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 95
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.4° / 181.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 14.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.41° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.76° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.