The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 2043
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
9:01 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1493
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 313.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 9.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.85° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.55° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.