The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 20, 1976
Waning Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
5:24 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 664
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 | 317.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.6° / 218.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 11.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.19° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.69° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.