The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 20, 2156
Waxing Crescent
29.6% 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
1:15 PM
10:15 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2891
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 | 65.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 114.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -26.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.91° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.46° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.