The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 19, 2024
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
9:04 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1258
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 | 202.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 312.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 8.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.34° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.75° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.