The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 1946
Waning Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
5:16 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 293
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 | 301.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 23.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.14° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.43° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.