The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 2076
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
3:31 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1901
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 | 276.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 272.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 24.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.58° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.75° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.