The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 1987
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
6:41 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 800
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 | 332.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.9° / 187.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.39° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.96° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.