The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 2187
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
9:47 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3274
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 | 211.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 301.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.44° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.99° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.