The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
6:54 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1035
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 | 340.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 172.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 10.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.84° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.77° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.