The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 1995
Waning Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
5:07 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 899
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 | 311.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.2° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 13.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.03° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.28° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.