The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 14, 1915
Waxing Crescent
32.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
9:31 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.1%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -90
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 120.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.59° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.85° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.