The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 20, 2106
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2272
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 272.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 51m / 19.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.97° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.59° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.