The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 2185
Waning Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
6:01 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3249
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 | 321.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 212.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 15.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.23° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.74° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.