The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 19, 2020
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
9:14 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1209
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -7.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.41° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.80° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.