The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 2008
Waning Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
1:33 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1060
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 | 249.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 291.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.58° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.16° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.