The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 2161
Waxing Crescent
1.7% 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
8:32 AM
7:57 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2953
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 139.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -8.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.72° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.26° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.