The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 20, 2038
Waning Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
1:54 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1431
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 21.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.47° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.16° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.