The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 19, 2147
Waning Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
4:48 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2779
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.7° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.28° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.89° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.