The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 19, 1929
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
7:46 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 83
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 316.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -1.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.97° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.