The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 2041
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
5:48 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1468
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.1° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.91° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.23° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.