The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 20, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
4:42 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1085
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 14.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -8.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.91° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.42° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.