The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 19, 1948
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
8:17 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 318
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 | 193.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 314.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 2.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.46° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.77° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.