The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 19, 2106
Waning Gibbous
60.9% 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
11:49 PM
1:43 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2272
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 | 257.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 52m / 19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.93° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.39° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.