The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
2:36 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 714
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 | 127.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 57.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.43° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.40° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.