The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
4:05 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 145
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 23.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -12.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.49° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.04° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.41° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.