The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 19, 1958
First Quarter
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 442
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.24° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.32° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.46° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.