The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 19, 1903
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
5:38 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -239
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.4° / 203.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 6.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.34° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.91° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| 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.