The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 2024
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
10:23 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1258
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 305.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.32° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.92° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.