The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1973
Waning Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 AM
3:47 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 627
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 22.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.58° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.60° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.