The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 1940
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
10:54 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 219
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.47° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.52° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.