The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 19, 2179
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
10:44 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3175
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 | 219.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 303.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.65° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.39° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.