The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 19, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
1:30 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 479
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.00° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.38° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.