The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
11:10 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1209
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 105.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -21.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.09° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.15° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.