The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 19, 2068
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
3:39 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1802
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 261.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 52m / 19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.24° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.18° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.