The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
11:17 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1196
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 292.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.01° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.00° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| 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.