The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 19, 2019
Waning Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
12:18 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1196
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 | 240.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 44m / 15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.41° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.18° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.