The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
5:27 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 751
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 | 162.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.3° / 345.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -12.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.22° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.61° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.