The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 2009
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
8:12 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 134.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -13.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.65° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.05° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.