The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 2093
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 AM
7:54 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2111
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 144.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 5.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.36° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.72° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 194.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.