The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 1952
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
7:52 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 368
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 139.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -8.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.95° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.81° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.26° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.