The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
2:31 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3064
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 | 129.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 58.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -22.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.63° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.19° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.