The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 20, 2145
Waxing Crescent
17.3% 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
11:20 AM
10:05 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2755
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 114.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.94° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.94° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.