The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 19, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
1:42 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 244
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 | 115.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 71.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.04° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.19° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.