The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 1986
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
9:43 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 788
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 | 209.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 307.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 10.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.63° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.32° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.