The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 19, 2167
Waxing Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
11:17 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3027
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 103.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.89° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.41° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.