The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 19, 1938
Waning Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
4:44 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 194
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 | 303.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.0° / 240.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 15.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.74° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.86° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.