The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 19, 1900
Waning Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
4:17 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 242.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 13.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.91° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.98° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.