The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 2085
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
7:55 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2013
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 138.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -10.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.47° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.06° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.