The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 1997
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
11:40 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 924
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 | 233.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.46° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.73° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| 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.