The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 19, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
4:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2396
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 2.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -15.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.22° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.59° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.