The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 19, 1946
Waning Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
4:24 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 293
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 | 288.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.20° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.22° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.