The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 2058
Waxing Crescent
7.5% 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
9:50 AM
9:07 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1679
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 123.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.53° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.20° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.