The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 19, 2157
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
8:01 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2903
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 323.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / 6.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.81° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 45.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.