The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 2129
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2557
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 | 81.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.97° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.62° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.