The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 2091
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% 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
3:14 PM
12:26 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2087
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 86.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.34° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.24° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.04° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.