The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 1944
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
9:25 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 269
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 | 34.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -7.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.91° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.59° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.