The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 2047
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
7:43 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1543
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 142.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -8.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.01° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.25° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.68° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 315.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.