The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2223
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 | 98.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -25.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.78° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.80° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.