The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 19, 1901
Waxing Crescent
37.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
10:28 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.2%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -263
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.07° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.14° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.