The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 19, 1995
Waning Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
4:31 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 899
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 | 300.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.9° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.80° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.06° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.