The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 19, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1283
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 | 98.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 94.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.48° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.79° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.