The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 2104
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
7:48 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2248
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 | 14.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 140.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -9.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.39° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.47° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.