The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 19, 2053
First Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1617
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.67° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.63° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.