The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 2176
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
9:17 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3138
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 | 202.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 315.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 12.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.20° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.81° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.79° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.