The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 2057
Last Quarter
51.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1666
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 43m / 23.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.20° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.95° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.