The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Waning Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
10:18 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1196
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.78° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.82° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.