The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 20, 1937
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
7:27 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 182
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 330.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / 4.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.70° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.56° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 1.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.