The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 1938
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
5:24 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 194
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.8° / 218.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 11.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.25° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.08° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.