The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 19, 1922
Waning Crescent
3.6% 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
5:17 AM
6:38 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -4
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 179.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 7.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.29° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.20° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.