The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
4:05 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2730
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 | 142.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 29.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -10.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.85° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.39° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.