The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 20, 1943
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 256
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 | 262.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 17m / 18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.69° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.36° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.