The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
2:46 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 244
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 | 129.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 53.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.23° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.01° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| 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.