The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
1:41 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1518
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 | 118.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 73.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -22.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.05° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.81° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.