The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
12:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 442
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 | 96.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 87.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.80° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.61° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.26° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.