The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 19, 2039
Waxing Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
8:40 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1444
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 129.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -1.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.57° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.24° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.