The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1048
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 | 101.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -27.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.38° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.40° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.