The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 2050
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
9:50 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1580
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 | 49.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 116.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.50° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.54° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.