The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 19, 1982
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
9:08 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 739
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 123.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -4.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.68° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.41° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.