The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 2096
Waxing Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
9:34 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2149
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 118.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.27° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.58° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.