The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 19, 2011
Waning Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
2:05 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1097
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 | 259.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 282.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 59m / 22.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.08° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.79° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.