The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
6:33 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1035
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.4° / 194.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.98° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.55° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.