The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 19, 1996
Waxing Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 912
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 | 79.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.62° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.83° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.