The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 19, 1959
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
9:43 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 454
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 | 210.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 304.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 8.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.34° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.95° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.