The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 19, 2016
Waning Gibbous
88.4% 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
9:43 PM
10:27 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1159
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 | 219.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 297.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.82° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.36° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| 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.