The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 2081
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
9:40 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1963
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 | 207.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 311.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.80° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.14° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.