The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 2126
Waxing Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
10:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2520
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.46° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.74° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| 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.