The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 15, 1915
Waxing Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
10:27 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -90
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -27.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.85° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.64° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.