The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 2001
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
9:49 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 974
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 | 44.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 115.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -11.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.22° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.88° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.39° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.