The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 2159
Waxing Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
12:26 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2928
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 87.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -22.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.51° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.58° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.