The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 1911
Last Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
2:05 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -140
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 27.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.26° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.38° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.