The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 19, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
1:37 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 714
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 | 114.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 73.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.84° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.58° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| 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.