The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 2109
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
5:03 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2309
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 | 307.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 235.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.02° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.69° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.