The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 19, 2008
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
12:19 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1060
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 298.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 23.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.27° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.97° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.