The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 1941
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
7:21 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 231
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.7° / 156.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 3.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.23° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.24° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.