The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 1959
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
10:40 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 454
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 | 221.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.47° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.13° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.