The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
5:44 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1926
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 | 165.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 341.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -10.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.67° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.83° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 229.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.