The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
4:37 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3200
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.3° / 16.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -7.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.72° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.81° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.