The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 1960
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
7:33 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 466
Events on this date
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Partial solar eclipse
The Moon covers part of the Sun. From Columbus, 22% of the Sun is covered at 7:58 PM.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.9° / 151.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 3.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.10° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.93° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.