The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 1947
Waxing Crescent
35.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
10:59 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.1%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 306
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 | 72.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -23.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.38° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.69° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.