The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 1955
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
9:42 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 405
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.87° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.34° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.