The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 2137
Waxing Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
10:14 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2656
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 114.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -25.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.83° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.26° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.