The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 2149
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
10:34 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2804
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 296.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 9.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.04° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.58° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.