The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 19, 2096
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
9:09 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2149
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 122.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -10.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.31° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.80° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.