The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 2135
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
5:27 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2631
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.2° / 348.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.98° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.81° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.