The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 19, 1954
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 392
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 24.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.74° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.59° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.