The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 1919
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
6:28 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -41
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.4° / 175.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 3.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.69° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.72° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.