The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 2019
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
1:20 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1196
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 35m / 19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.04° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.58° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.37° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.