The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 2044
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
7:06 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1505
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.1° / 160.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 4.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.07° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.41° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.