The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 2020
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
8:43 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1209
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 129.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -0.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.30° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.03° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.