The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 2191
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
8:26 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3324
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 131.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -8.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.98° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.19° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.