The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
12:48 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 108
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -27.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.36° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.43° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.