The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 19, 1944
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
8:58 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 125.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -3.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.93° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.09° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.81° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| 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.