The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 19, 1997
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
10:31 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 924
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 | 220.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 297.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 10.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.11° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.55° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.