The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 19, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 97.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -28.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.51° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.20° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.