The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 1936
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
9:46 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 170
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 | 53.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 117.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -21.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.40° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.92° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.