The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 19, 1960
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
7:00 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 466
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 | 344.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.9° / 167.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.38° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.84° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.