The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
2:37 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1889
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 56.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -20.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.90° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.81° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.