The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
12:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1617
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 | 98.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 85.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.61° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.43° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.